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1. Which of these isn’t a play title?

a)     A Working Girl’s Wrongs
b)     The Coquettish Ladies
c)     The Unfaithful Wife
d)     Three Brides for Yankl

2. Where did the first Yiddish performance take place?

a)     In a theater
b)     In a wine garden
c)     In a cellar
d)     In a firehall

3. Which of these famous American Actors got their start on the Yiddish Stage?

a)     Paul Muni
b)     Stella Adler
c)     Molly Picon
d)     Fyvush Finkel
e)     All of the above

4. Der marshlik, der leyts, der nar, der lustik makher, and der katoves-trayber are all names for…

a)     Badkhn
b)     Town fool
c)     Water carrier
d)     Cantor

5. The 1,700 seat Grand Street Theater, the first theater in America built specifically for Yiddish productions, opened in...

a)     1911
b)     1882
c)     1903
d)     1926

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